"" This
week, former Libyan rebel fighters from the city of Misurata announced
the combat deaths of three Libyan comrades fighting against the Syrian regime.
Many former rebel fighters speak approvingly of heading to Syria to join an
increasingly armed uprising against Mr Assad. “Actually,
we cannot stop anyone from going to Syria,” Ashour Bin Khayal, the career
diplomat now heading Libyan foreign affairs told the FT. “People want to go and
fight with the Syrians; no one is going prevent them. Officially, we don’t have
this stance; but we cannot control the desire of the people." (thanks Ahmet)